CS348a Class Schedule, Winter Quarter 2016-17
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Monday |
Wednesday |
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January 09 |
January 11 |
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Class Introduction; Homogeneous Coordinates; The Projective Plane Read: Lecture Slides Read: N08, N15, N16; Chapters 1 and 2 of Stolfi's thesis |
Oriented Projective Geometry; Euclidean, Affine and Projective Transformations; Matrix Representations Read: Lecture Slides |
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January 16 |
January 18 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Day (holiday, no classes) |
Rotations and Quaternions Homework 1 out |
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January 23 |
January 25 |
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Basic Differential Geometry; Curvature and Tortion Read: Lecture Slides |
Introduction to Geometry Processing Read: Lecture Slides |
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January 30 |
February 01 |
Shape Modeling: Parametric and Implicit; Classification of Parametric Cubics. Read: Lecture Slides Read: N18 (Section 5), N19, N20; for parametric/implicit see also the Hoffmann report/slides |
Polar Forms Homework 1 due; Homework 2 out |
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February 06 |
February 08 |
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Derivatives and Polar Forms; Continuity Constraints |
Splines and B-Splines |
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February 13 |
February 15 |
Subdivision Curves Read: Siggraph 99 Notes |
Rational Curves Homework 2 due; Homework 3 out Read: N25 |
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February 20 |
February 22 |
Presidents' Day (holiday, no classes; Law does hold classes) |
Tensor-Product and Total Degree Surfaces Read: N25, N26, Lecture Slides1, Lecture Slides2 |
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February 27 |
March 01 |
Triangle Meshes and their Representation; the Quad-Edge Data Structure Project out Read: N30, N31, Lecture Slides |
In-class Midterm |
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March 06 |
March 08 |
Mesh Simplification Homework 3 due |
Scan Alignment or Registration/Surface Reconstruction Read: Slides, BeslMcKay, ChenMedioni, PottmanHofer,MitraEtAl |
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March 13 |
March 15 |
Building and Improving Meshes Read: Lecture Slides |
Mesh Parametrization Project due Read:Lecture Slides |